Month: April 2024

ESPN News Services Apr 14, 2024, 02:58 PM ET Open Extended Reactions The NHL has fined Boston Bruins defenseman Kevin Shattenkirk $2,734.38 for unsportsmanlike conduct after he hit Pittsburgh Penguins winger Michael Bunting with his stick from the bench during Saturday’s game. Shattenkirk was not penalized for his action with 19:37 left in the first
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ESPN News Services Apr 14, 2024, 06:00 AM ET Open Extended Reactions LOS ANGELES — Mookie Betts and the Los Angeles Dodgers received some special footwear Saturday, courtesy of Kobe Bryant’s widow. On the eighth anniversary of Bryant’s last NBA game, Vanessa Bryant gave members of the Dodgers exclusive sneakers in a team color scheme
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Tim Bontemps, ESPNApr 14, 2024, 01:07 PM ET Open Extended Reactions PHILADELPHIA – Joel Embiid sat out of Sunday’s regular season finale for the Philadelphia 76ers against the Brooklyn Nets in a precautionary measure ahead of the playoffs, sources told ESPN. The expectation is Embiid will be available for Philadelphia’s next game, sources told ESPN.
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ESPN News Services Apr 14, 2024, 09:42 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Reigning champion Carlos Alcaraz has pulled out of the Barcelona Open because of a right arm injury that also forced him to miss this week’s Monte Carlo Masters, tournament organizers said Sunday. The 20-year-old two-time Grand Slam champion from Spain won the Barcelona
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Open Extended Reactions As we’ve written previously in this space, the winner of the Presidents’ Trophy is by no means guaranteed a Stanley Cup championship. Since the trophy was first awarded in 1985-86, only eight teams have won the regular-season points race and the Cup in the same campaign, the most recent being the Chicago
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Associated Press Apr 14, 2024, 01:14 AM ET Open Extended Reactions FRISCO, Texas — Houston Astros ace Justin Verlander pitched four innings Saturday night for Double-A Corpus Christi in what is expected to be his final minor league rehab outing before rejoining the major-league rotation. The three-time Cy Young Award winner gave up six runs
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Jeff Wagenheim, ESPNApr 14, 2024, 12:39 AM ET Open Extended Reactions The BMF title is not a real championship, but Max Holloway did the gimmick proud on Saturday night with an explosive last-second knockout of Justin Gaethje at UFC 300 in Las Vegas. Holloway (26-7), a former featherweight champion competing at lightweight in this bout,
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Marc Raimondi, ESPN Staff WriterApr 14, 2024, 02:25 AM ET Open Extended Reactions LAS VEGAS — Conor McGregor‘s comeback fight is now official. UFC CEO Dana White announced Saturday night that McGregor will fight Michael Chandler — long the planned matchup — in the main event of UFC 303 on June 29 in Las Vegas.
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Marc Raimondi, ESPN Staff WriterApr 14, 2024, 01:46 AM ET Open Extended Reactions LAS VEGAS — Alex Pereira continued his run as one of UFC’s most dynamic big-fight athletes. Pereira has already won two championships at New York’s Madison Square Garden. And on Saturday, he knocked out former champ Jamahal Hill to retain the UFC
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ESPN Sports Betting Apr 13, 2024, 12:22 AM ET Email Print Open Extended Reactions Scottie Scheffler entered the tournament as the heavy betting favorite, and he still holds the top spot on ESPN BET. Scheffler, Bryson DeChambeau, Max Homa all currently sit atop the leaderboard at -6 after Round 2 on Friday. Tiger Woods sits
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Mike Coppinger, ESPNApr 14, 2024, 01:20 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Jared Anderson defeated Ryad Merhy on Saturday in Corpus Christi, Texas, via unanimous decision in a 10-round heavyweight bout that produced boos from bell-to-bell for its lack of action. Two judges scored a shutout for Anderson, 100-90, while a third judge found one round
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